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  Holy Roman Empire - MSN Encarta
Introduction; Background; The Carolingian Empire (800-912); The Ottonian Empire (936-1024); The Salian Emperors and the Investiture Controversy (1024-1125); The Hohenstaufens and the Peak of the Empire (1137-1254); Decline of the Empire and Ascendancy of the Habsburgs (1273-1806); The End of the Empire; Legacy of the Empire
The Holy Roman Empire was an attempt to revive the Western Roman Empire, whose legal and political structure had deteriorated during the 5th and 6th centuries and had been replaced by independent kingdoms ruled by Germanic nobles.
By the terms of the Treaty of Verdun in 843, the empire was split among Louis’s three sons.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761558731/Holy_Roman_Empire.html   (2365 words)

  
 Roman Empire - MSN Encarta
Introduction; The Foundations of Empire; The Empire Under Augustus; Expansion and Consolidation; Life in Imperial Rome; Disintegration of the Empire; Fall of the Western Empire; The Roman Legacy
The Romans and their empire gave cultural and political shape to the subsequent history of Europe from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the present day.
The empire helped to perpetuate the art, literature, and philosophy of the Greeks, the religious and ethical system of the Jews, the new religion of the Christians, Babylonian astronomy and astrology, and cultural elements from Persia, Egypt, and other eastern civilizations.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_1741502785/Roman_Empire.html   (2573 words)

  
 Western world   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
The contrast was between Greek-speaking culture of mainland Greece the Aegean the Ionian coast and Magna Graecia in southern Italy and the surrounding non-Greek cultures of Thrace and Anatolia the Persian Empire Phoenicians and Egypt.
The Franks under Charlemagne established a western empire which was as the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope offending the Byzantine The Latin Rite church of western and central Europe by the Pope (the Patriarch of Rome) with the eastern Greek-speaking Patriarchates during the Great Schism.
These two divisions of the Eastern Western Empires were reflected in the administration the Christian Church with Rome and Constantinople debating and arguing over whether either was the capital of Christianity (see Great Schism).
www.freeglossary.com /Western_civilization   (2258 words)

  
 EMPIRE PALACE HOTEL ISTANBUL - Istanbul Info
Western sources describe this as Leander's Tower, who was drowned while swimming, to reach his lover Hera.
Eastern and Turkish motifs are used with Western design elements, on the sides and for internal decoration, and the atmosphere is something resembling that of Dolmabahce Palace.
The Best Western Istanbul Empire Palace opened in April 2004 and is located in the heart of the historic, old city part of Istanbul.
www.hotelempirepalace.com /istanbulinfo.asp   (2157 words)

  
 Roman Empire at 476   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
After the withdrawal of Attila the Hun and the subsequent collapse of the Hun empire, the decline of the western Roman empire continued.
The Visigoths ceased to be federates (allies within the empire) and instead became an independent kingdom, expanding across southern Gaul and across all of Hispania, but for that occupied by the Sueves and the native Basque population in the north.
The fall of the western empire, reduced to little more than Italy itself by now, came about as in AD 476 a senior military officer called Odoacer led the largely German troops of the western Roman army in a revolt against the emperor.
www.roman-empire.net /maps/empire/extent/ad476.html   (208 words)

  
 The Empire of the Phoenix
For centuries, the so-called Western Empire fought against the original inhabitants of the Tali River basin, the Ogres.
The Empire of the Phoenix has an ancient and complex culture, one that is a combination of Sedenan and foreign traits.
Lovth is one of the smallest cities in the Empire, and the one with the largest non-human (Dwarf, Elven, and Ogre) population.
members.tripod.com /~kalvars/primers/empirep.html   (4497 words)

  
 Roman Empire 7
Constantine was now master of the western part of the empire, but it was only after another decade of civil war that he defeated the eastern emperor and reunited the entire empire under his sole rule.
Constantinople and the Eastern Roman Empire remained strong, while the Western Roman Empire began a steady decline in the face of economic disintegration, weak emperors, and invading Germanic tribes.
Odoacer, who was the first Germanic ruler of the empire, deposed the young emperor, Romulus Augustulus, gave him a generous pension, and sent his imperial regalia to Constantinople.
www.crystalinks.com /romanempire7.html   (1576 words)

  
 The Later Roman Empire| Lectures in Medieval History
Note that the Western empire had by far the longer frontier to defend, and a much smaller tax base with which to pay for its defense.
Once they no longer had an important role in the governing of the empire, the imperial administration was able to tax the urban middle classes to the point of destroying them, at least in the western empire.
The provincial middle class, particularly in the western empire, was financially ruined, and the center of economic and administrative life shifted from the cities to the villas of the countryside.
www.vlib.us /medieval/lectures/late_roman_empire.html   (1599 words)

  
 First Europe Tutorial - Germanic Invasions
However, the invasions of the Germanic tribes, particularly those of the fifth century, were equally important in precipitating the internal crises of the western empire and in profoundly modifying the political map of the west.
The Defeat of the Hunnic Empire C.E. As the Visigoths approached Italy in the early fifth century, the Western Empire responded by shifting troops from Britain and from the Rhine and Danube frontiers to the defence of Italy.
The End of the Western Empire C.E. The Invasion of Italy by the Ostrogoths C.E. A Germanic people that migrated in a very different way than the other Germanic tribes, and with greater and more lasting presence, as a result, were the Franks.
www.ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/firsteuro/invas.html   (1332 words)

  
 Byzantine Empire - Crystalinks
The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centred at its capital in Constantinople.
The Eastern Empire was largely spared the difficulties of the west in the 3rd and 4th centuries (see Crisis of the Third Century), in part because urban culture was better established there and the initial invasions were attracted to the wealth of Rome.
By far the most significant building of the Byzantine Empire is the great church of Hagia Sophia (Church of the Holy Wisdom) in Constantinople (532-37), which retained a longitudinal axis but was dominated by its enormous central dome.
www.crystalinks.com /byzantine.html   (3016 words)

  
 The Empire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
The Magister Militum was the supreme military commander of the Western Roman Empire from the late 300's onward.
After the breakup of the Hun empire he took up service with the Western Empire, married a Roman matron, and had a son Romulus Augustulus, whom he placed on the throne in 475 after deposing Julius Nepos.
The Western division of the Empire, encompassing Rome itself together with Italy, Gaul, Britain, Iberia, and northwestern Africa, was utterly unable to maintain itself in the face of overwhelming barbarian invasion/migration.
www.hostkingdom.net /empire.html   (1774 words)

  
 IGN: Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion
Western Europe has never been as rich as the eastern end of the Mediterranean; Imperial taxes and population have been dropping, and the upkeep of the army is increasingly difficult.
Limitanei are the frontier or garrison troops of the late Roman Empire.
While archers from the eastern parts of the Empire are equipped with composite bows, those raised in Western areas are armed with the simpler self bow, carved from a single piece of wood.
pc.ign.com /articles/647/647657p1.html   (2228 words)

  
 Greatest Western Empire in history - History Forum
In 395, the Imperivm centered in Constantinople was divided into Eastern and Western empires when the Western half broke away, but the Western empire was overthrown by the Ostrogoths in 476.
After the destruction of the Western Empire, the Eastern Empire was accepted as the only Roman Empire by everyone, until the Carolingian Franks declared their own Roman Empire.
During the 4th-5th centuries, the Eastern Empire was the same with the Western Empire.
www.simaqianstudio.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=1440   (2001 words)

  
 ETF - Western Empire State Restoration
After visiting the Smithsonian and inspecting their Empire State, I've determined that it is not practical to try to build a replica of the scanner chassis.
The disk in the Empire is 11 inches in diameter (our disk is 9 inches), the lenses have a different focal length, and the mounting brackets are completely different.
The one used in the Empire State was made by the Garner Co., having a bayonette base and with the aperture on the side of the lamp.
www.earlytelevision.org /western_empire_restoration.html   (1792 words)

  
 The Open Door Web Site : Living History Project : The End of the Western Roman Empire
The main reason was the attacks of so-called 'barbarians' along the northern frontiers of the empire, but we'll come on to that in a minute.
Disease and famine struck the lands of the empire and pirates and bandits came to control the seas and roads.
One of the ways he did this was to divide the Empire into an eastern area ruled by him from Asia Minor and a western part ruled by a general in Rome.
www.saburchill.com /history/chapters/project5/endempire/001.html   (927 words)

  
 ETF - Western Empire State
This set was made by Western Television in 1931.
We recently acquired a copy of the 1933 installation and operation instructions for the set.
This mechanism was made using a disk, motor, and mounting brackets from a Western Model 41.
www.earlytelevision.org /western_empire.html   (162 words)

  
 The Economic History of the Western Roman Empire: The Invasion of the Western Roman Empire by Barbarian Tribes
The resources of the Empire were debilitated and the Goths challenged the Romans for control of the area at the mouth of the Danube River at the Black Sea.
As Germans were admitted into the army in the western Empire and became the backbone of the fighting force the officers commanding them soon were Germans as well.
The real power in the Empire came to reside in the German commanders in the army but these individuals were precluded because of their ancestry from holding the high offices in the civil government.
www.sjsu.edu /faculty/watkins/barbarians.htm   (2130 words)

  
 Medieval Europe - All Empires
The Western Empire soon collapsed under the weight of barbarians, and Europe was plunged into the Medieval era.
However, this period was crucial to western history because moden western nations directly trace their roots to kingdoms of this time period.
The empire collapsed to the Ottoman Turks in 1453, one of events that signaled the end of the Medieval period.
www.allempires.com /article/index.php?q=medieval_europe   (344 words)

  
 Empires of the Western Sudan: Mali Empire | Special Topics Page | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Empires of the Western Sudan: Mali Empire
The shaded portion indicates the empire of Mali in the fourteenth century.
"The Empires of the Western Sudan: Mali Empire".
www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/mali/hd_mali.htm   (573 words)

  
 Fall of the Western Roman Empire
After the the Empire made peace with the Church and before the massive "barbarian" invasions, there was relative peace, which spread to the world of the spirit after the defeat of the Areian heresy.
The next chapter deals with the next two phases, the first one affecting mainly the areas of Syria, Palestine and Egypt (advent of the Muslim Arabs in the 7th century) and the second one affecting Asia Minor and the Balkan peninsula (the conquest of which was completed by the Turks in 1453).
Great calamities were to strike the remainder of the Empire during the next centuries, but that is another chapter.
historicist.tripod.com /ch8.htm   (1138 words)

  
 History 303: Fall of the Western Empire, 395-476 A.D.
*The Western throne was unoccupied for 18 months after the death of Severus III until Leo I sent the senator Anthemius.
Death of HONORIUS: Dynastic Crisis in Western Roman Empire
RICHMER deposes Majorian and elevates Severus III (461-465) as Western Emperor.
www.tulane.edu /~august/H303/chronologies/Fall_Western_Empire.htm   (680 words)

  
 Outlines of Roman History, Chapter 29
We have now to see how the Western Empire was obliged finally to succumb to these barbarians, who had been for so many years pressing upon the frontiers, and who had already obtained some foothold in the provinces.
Occupation of Britain by the Saxons.—While the continental provinces were thus overrun by the Goths, the Huns, and the Vandals, the Roman army was withdrawn from the island of Britain.
The Roman Empire in the West had in fact already passed away, and nothing was now left but to extinguish its name.
www.forumromanum.org /history/morey29.html   (1342 words)

  
 Empires of the Western Sudan: Ghana Empire | Special Topics Page | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Empires of the Western Sudan: Ghana Empire
The empire's legacy is still celebrated in the name of the Republic of Ghana; apart from this, however, modern-day and ancient Ghana share no direct historical connections.
"The Empires of the Western Sudan: Ghana Empire".
www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/ghan/hd_ghan.htm   (350 words)

  
 Ambica Empire Hotel, Chennai Hotels, Hotel Ambica Empire Madras, Ambica Empire Hotel Chennai, Economy Hotels in ...
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 Lords of the Earth, Campaign Two, The Western Roman Empire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Instead he oversees the continued economic expansion of the Empire and sees if he can begat some more children to frolick in the royal pastures.
The spiritual ascendancy of the Church of Christ is proclaimed and the Emperor issues edicts (posted throughout the Empire) stating that the Empire will follow the Church in matters of faith and spirit.
Legate Olivares continues his campaign in Spain (which is mainly on the plain, you know), with the conquest of the Arianists in Portugal and their submission to the Cross.
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